---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Annie Brown Kennedy."
description: "Honor Annie Brown Kennedy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HJR 652"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 652 (2023)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ANNIE BROWN", "AWARDS", "CHAPTERED", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "JOINT", "KENNEDY", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Baker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-17"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeb1f12c-d64e-488e-a32f-527081a4ad3a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H652"
source_hash: "81073b7f1d3589a7449cea1c34078e694b6d73c98482f586a9ab9465657ad546"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HJR 652 (2023) — Honor Annie Brown Kennedy.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H652v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H652v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2023-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H652v2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Baker — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-22** Ch. Res 2023-9 `became-law`
- **2023-06-22** Ratified
- **2023-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-06-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-06-21** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-18** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeb1f12c-d64e-488e-a32f-527081a4ad3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).